Are We About To See A Black Hole?

A jet emanating from galaxy M87 can be seen in this July 6, 2000, photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

A project called the Event Horizon Telescope is analyzing data taken earlier this year using interferometry — and we may be remarkably close to “seeing” a black hole, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

(Image credit: J.A. Biretta, Hubble Heritage Team/NASA)